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Kōrero: Chinese

Gold miners at Winding Creek, Southland

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Gold miners at Winding Creek, Southland

The goldfields of Southland and Otago were well worked over by the late 19th century, but some Chinese still made a meagre living from them, as this photograph shows. Two unnamed Chinese men working with pick and shovel are watched by Presbyterian minister George McNeur.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, McNeur Collection (PAColl-5135)

Reference: 1/2-019144; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Manying Ip, Chinese – The first immigrants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/565/gold-miners-at-winding-creek-southland (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Manying Ip, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.